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46 ANGEL MENDEZ v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES POLICE AND FIREMEN'S RETIREMENT SYSTEM -- rank: 467

... Court clarified the meaning of the term 'traumatic event' under N.J.S.A. 43:16A-7(1). A claimant for accidental disability benefits must establish: (1) that ... usual or any other duty. [Id. at 212-13.] Under N.J.S.A. 43:16A-7(1), a member applying for accidental disability must prove the event ...

docket:	a2891-21
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2024-02-02
status:	Unpublished
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47 MICHELLE RICKETTS v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES, POLICE AND FIREMEN'S RETIREMENT SYSTEM -- rank: 467

... department which his employer is willing to assign to him. [ N.J.S.A. 43:16A-7(1).] In Richardson , supra , the Supreme Court outlined the elements of ... a meritorious claim for accidental disability retirement benefits pursuant to N.J.S.A. 43:16A-7(1), stating that a successful claimant must prove: 1. that he ...

docket:	a6325-08
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2011-08-06
status:	unpublished
citation:
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48 ADAM MOGUL v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES, POLICE AND FIREMEN'S RETIREMENT SYSTEM -- rank: 465

... Board found Mogul ineligible for accidental disability retirement benefits under N.J.S.A. 43:16A-7(1). We affirm. I. Except as noted, the following facts were ... result of the performance of his regular or assigned duties." N.J.S.A. 43:16A-7(1). "'[T]he question of what constitutes a "traumatic event" . . . has ... Our Supreme Court has declared that "a traumatic event" under N.J.S.A. 43:16A-7(1) must be "undesigned and unexpected." Richardson v. Bd. of Trs ...

docket:	a2214-15
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2017-08-18
status:	unpublished
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49 GEORGE POLITZA v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES POLICE AND FIREMEN'S RETIREMENT SYSTEM -- rank: 452

... result of regular or assigned duties as statutorily required under N.J.S.A. 43:16A-7(1). . . . . The Supreme Court in Kasper specifically did not classify lunch ... 554 (2009). To establish eligibility for accidental disability retirement benefits, N.J.S.A. 43:16A-7(1) requires an applicant to be permanently and totally disabled "as ... result of regular or assigned duties as statutorily required under N.J.S.A. 43:16A-7(1). Here, of course, petitioner suffered the traumatic event off-premises ...

docket:	a2057-12
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2014-02-05
status:	unpublished
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50 JUSTINE BRANHAM v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES POLICE AND FIREMEN'S RETIREMENT SYSTEM -- rank: 442

... as a result of her regular or assigned duties. See N.J.S.A. 43:16A-7(1). Because we find this case indistinguishable from Mattia v. Board ... was not the result of the member's willful negligence.' N.J.S.A. 43:16A-7(1). As we recently explained in Mattia, to qualify for accidental ...

docket:	a2345-17
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2019-03-21
status:	Unpublished
citation:
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51 JOSEPH ESPOSITO, <b -- rank: 440

... or physically incapacitated for the performance of his usual duty.         [ N.J.S.A. 43:16A-7(1).] To qualify for accidental disability retirement benefits, a member must ...

docket:	a4928-01
court:	njappellate
decided:	2003-03-07
status:	published
citation:	358 N.J. Super. 112
Document Size:	26086

52 KEYANA SMITH v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES POLICE AND FIREMEN'S RETIREMENT SYSTEM - -- rank: 435

... A PFRS member may seek accidental disability retirement benefits under N.J.S.A. 43:16A-7(1). The statute provides: Upon the written application by a member ...

docket:	a2606-21
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2023-12-18
status:	Unpublished
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53 DOMINIC PENNA v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES, POLICE AND FIREMEN'S RETIREMENT SYSTEM -- rank: 432

... was not the result of the member's willful negligence." N.J.S.A. 43:16A-7(1). In Richardson , the Supreme Court determined that an individual seeking accidental disability benefits under N.J.S.A. 43:16A-7(1) must establish: 1. that he is permanently and totally disabled ...

docket:	a4506-14
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2016-11-30
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	28008

54 /usr/local/share/www/libweb/collections/courts/supreme/a4928-10.opn.html -- rank: 427

... Court explained that to obtain an accidental disability pension under N.J.S.A. 43:16A-7(1), a member of the Public Employees' Retirement System must prove ...

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55 JOHN HODAVANCE v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES POLICE AND FIREMEN'S RETIREMENT SYSTEM -- rank: 427

... Court explained that to obtain an accidental disability pension under N.J.S.A. 43:16A-7(1), a member of the Public Employees' Retirement System must prove ...

docket:	a4928-10
court:	New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2013-07-10
status:	Published
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56 IRMA NIEVES v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES POLICE AND FIREMEN'S RETIREMENT SYSTEM -- rank: 427

... an employee seeking accidental disability benefits is set forth in N.J.S.A. 43:16A-7(1). When the disabling injury is "based on a mental injury ... the undesigned and unexpected prong mandated by the statute. See N.J.S.A. 43:16A-7(1); Richardson , supra , 192 N.J. at 212. The discussion in ...

docket:	a4158-13
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2015-12-08
status:	unpublished
citation:
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57 WILLIAM RICHARDSON v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES, POLICE AND FIREMEN'S RETIREMENT SYSTEM -- rank: 425

... ordinary, N.J.S.A. 43:16A-6, and accidental, N.J.S.A. 43:16A-7(1), disability benefits. '[A]n accidental disability retirement entitles a member ...

docket:	a3713-16
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2018-06-28
status:	unpublished
citation:
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58 LUISA DINIS FERRER v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM -- rank: 415

... the performance of his [or her] regular or assigned duties.' N.J.S.A. 43:16A-7(1). Accordingly, a claimant seeking accidental disability retirement benefits must prove ...

docket:	a4118-18
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2021-01-13
status:	Unpublished
citation:
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59 ELIZABETH BISHOP v. NUZZI & MASON L.L.C. -- rank: 410

... duty and of any other available duty in the department. . . . [ N.J.S.A. 43:16A-7(1).] At the time Bishop submitted her application, the Supreme Court ...

docket:	a1280-09
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2011-03-14
status:	unpublished
citation:
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60 JOSEPH CONTI v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM -- rank: 410

... Sys., 192 N.J. 189, 212-13 (2007); see also N.J.S.A. 43:16A-7(1).] 'Willful negligence' is a 1. deliberate act or deliberate failure ...

docket:	a1087-17
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2019-03-29
status:	Unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	15917